After being a Congressman for nearly three decades and an Akali for a short stint, senior Punjab politician and former deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh has now jumped on the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) bandwagon as its Mohali candidate for the January 30 elections.
Prabhjit Singh reports.
The People’s Party of Punjab (PPP), less than a year old, is eyeing a key role in government formation in case the January 30 elections throw up a hung assembly. Prabhjit Singh reports.
The state’s main political players have reposed faith in ‘outsiders’ in this assembly constituency of Sangrur district dominated by semi-urban voters.
Ravinder Vasudeva reports.
If Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Surjit Singh Kohli — who is up against the Punjab Congress’ biggest name in the assembly elections — is nervous, he is not showing it.
Take loyality pledges from politicians with a pinch of salt. Pawan Sharma reports.
Mayawati’s party decides to contest all 117 seats, rejecting Sanjha Morcha’s alliance offer in Punjab, which has highest percentage of Dalits among all states.
Prabhjit Singh reports.
The political row over sub-quota for backward Muslims escalated today with BJP alleging that the reservation promise was aimed at diverting focus from corruption and other problems.
The sympathy factor will play an important role in this constituency, but it may not be enough.
Neha Arora reports.
On one side is a confident yet anxious Congress MLA Razia Sultana, taking her third shot at power; on the other, SAD-BJP nominee Farzana Nissara Khatoon, whose campaign is being shrewdly managed by her husband and former Punjab DGP.
Yojana Yadav reports.
Surveillance and Income Tax department teams, deployed for checking black money and narcotics in poll-bound Punjab, have seized close to Rs. 18.84 crore cash and confiscated over 36 lakh ML of foreign liquor, a latest data of the state poll body revealed.
Toeing a line similar to Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission has directed the city administration to cover the statue of former SAD MLA late Raminder Singh Bularia before the polls in Amritsar.
The election commission may have become more proactive over the years, but this does not prevent political parties from resorting to the age-old practice of fielding dummy candidates to conceal their election expenditure. Kamaldeep Singh Brar reports.
Lambasting the SAD-BJP government for pushing Punjab backward during its five years tenure, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday exhorted the people to oust ‘opportunist’ and ‘inefficient’ alliance from the power.
He is a veteran stand-up comedian but a rookie politician. Nevertheless, his expertise in captivating the audience is holding him in good stead during campaigning.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) secretary general and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa faces the acid test in assembly segments falling under the Sangrur parliamentary seat.